The Massey-Ferguson Industrial & Construction Division was set up to handle the construction products line & industrial tractors based mainly on Massey-Ferguson tractor skid units. The British-based unit became Fermec in the late 1990s and then ultimatly sold to Terex after a management buy-out. The South American MF Industrial brand was built by Iochpe-Maxion, a Massey Ferguson licensee in Brazil. Iochpe-Maxion was later purchased by AGCO in 1996. It continues to build MF Industrialbackhoes.[1]

Industrial Massey Ferguson's also continue to be built by AGCO's MF division, and may be simply painted Industrial yellow or orange, or have Heavy Duty components added to it.

The new Industrial & Construction Equipment Division created to bring together various product lines from numerous factories in the group, following MFs decision to expand in the growing construction equipment market in the 1970s.

Hanomag was part of the group for a period, building tracked machines and the waste compactor line, in their German factory, but was later sold to Komatsu. The company built a new factory in the UK at Knowsley on Merseyside and machines were also assembled at the Barton Dock road site in Manchester.

In 1974, Massey Ferguson purchased Hanomag's construction equipment division, completing what was started in 1969. In 1969, Massey Ferguson had purchased Hanomag's Agricultural division, and MF's licensee in Argentina purchased the Rheinstahl Hanomag Cura SA joint venture in Argentina, and manufactured there until the 1990s. IBH-Holding purchased MF Hanomag in 1980, and ran it until bankruptcy in 1984. In 1989, Komatsu purchased a percentage of the company, and then renamed it in 1995 to Komatsu Hanomag AG. In 2002, Komatsu completed purchasing 100% of the company.